Quotes on Kneeling

OLE MISS HEAD COACH KERMIT DAVIS

"This was all about the hate groups that came to our community that came try to spread racism and bigotry. It's created a lot of tension for our campus. I think our players made an emotional decision to show these people they're not welcome on our campus. We respect our players' freedom and ability to choose that."

"These are out-of-state groups that are coming here to our campus. That's what has upset our community. Breein (Tyree) and these guys have a huge love for Ole Miss and this community and Mississippi, and they want our campus and University portrayed in a great way."

OLE MISS GUARD BREEIN TYREE

"We're just tired of these hate groups coming to our school and portraying our campus like it's our actual university that has these hate groups in our school. The majority of it (the decision) was we saw one of our teammates doing it, and we didn't want him to be alone."

OLE MISS VICE CHANCELLOR/DIRECTOR OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ROSS BJORK

"Our job is to teach and educate every single day. You know what, they're human. They're students. They see what's happening on our campus and these people that come here and spill hate and bigotry and racism, we don't want them on our campus. Our players stood up for that. It had nothing to do with the anthem. It had nothing to do with anything beyond, 'You know what, we don't want those people here. They're protesting during our game and that's not right because that's not the Ole Miss that I know.' We talked to them about that in the locker room, and that's their expression. We support them. We don't want those people here either. The University doesn't want them. Our town doesn't want them. They're out of state. They're not from here. And so, you know what, good for the players for standing up and making a statement."

The University of Mississippi Athletics

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